Re: [CR]Was: measuring ugliness. Now: welding

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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:59:17 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Was: measuring ugliness. Now: welding
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In-Reply-To: <41924A6F.5080105@bellatlantic.net>


Edward Albert wrote:
> I remember
> once, I brought a Rossin in to Tom Kellogg. Although he did the paint
> work....he thought the build work was, excuse the expression, piss-poor
> and mass produced.

The majority of Italian frames I've seen "naked" -- even top of the line ones -- have a great abundance of truly gnarly file marks around all the joints, as if a mill bastard were the finest finishing implement they'd use. It's amazing what a good paint job can cover!

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA